These resources are provided as an aid to the study of Classical and Ecclesiastical Greek, aimed primarily at those who are studying the language in a course setting. The dialect of Greek used in the examples and styles is Attic: the most representative form of Classical Greek and that usually taught in Classics programmes at the University level. Students of Koine ('Biblical') Greek will generally have learned the more complex Attic as a starting point, and will find that its grammatical rules can often be simplified to form the basis of Koine.

It is not intended that these materials should in any sense be considered a 'course' in ancient Greek; rather, they are meant to provide review materials on subjects commonly struggled with in a course of language study. Specifically, the grammatical resources, which consist primarily of conceptual introductions and review charts of specific grammatical constructions, are designed to supplement a taught course in Classical Greek of roughly the University level in Classics. It is assumed throughout this area that its users have recourse to a teacher (or, if engaged in self-study, an instructional text) for the essentials of the language; the resources found here will aid in the comprehension of materials taught in a usual course.

The choice of a grammar text from which to study the language is an important one. Monachos.net unequivocally recommends that of Dr Anne H Groton: From Alpha to Omega: A Beginning Course in Classical Greek (revised edition, 1995, Focus Information Group). Students using this excellent text will find that the grammar resources on this web site refer often to it; and specific grammatical tables and charts will often point to chapter or section numbers in From Alpha to Omega for those who wish to relate these resources to their directed study.

Those who wish access to materials to assist in learning and memorizing the many verb conjugations, noun declensions, participle formation rules, accenting principles and other particularities of the Greek language, as a supplement to their course of study, will find an ample collection of such resources in this area.

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